JAPAN

Japan

Japan is a country of Asia.

Japan is archipelago  long a 2 approximately 500 km and consisted of  4 principal islands  (of north in the south): Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu.  The relief  of Japan is marked by the permanent proximity of  the sea  (nearly 30 000 km of coasts) and of  the mountain  (which covers 75 % of the total surface).  The climate  is marked by  strong contrasts: the cold winds of Siberia (in Russia) touch the north of the country, while the tropical cyclones come from the Asian continent reach the south.

The density of population  is  very high  in Japan: it reaches more than 2 000 inhabitants to the km ^²  in certain areas and nearly 13 000 inhabitants to the km ^²  in the capital  Tokyo  (the largest city of the world)!  The Japanese  population  is very urbanized  (80 % of the population) and the agglomeration of Tokyo only concentrates with it more than 20 % of the total population of the country.

The economy of Japan is  the 2 ^E more powerful in the world  (after that of the United States). It developed particularly quickly after the Second World war. Today, Japanese  industry is placed at the first world ranks in many sectors like electronics  and the car.  The yen  is one of the most significant currencies in the world trade (with the dollar and the euro), while  Tokyo Stock Exchange  is the 2 ^E money market of the world. 

Japan
Name	Japan
Population	127 463 610 inhabitants in 2006
Capital	Tokyo (8 194 727 inhabitants) agglomeration (34 997 269 inhabitants)
Surface	377 837 km²
Administrative cutting	47 prefectures
Principal cities	Tokyo (8 194 727 inhabitants)
	Yokohama (3 518 095 inhabitants)
	Osaka (2 497 208 inhabitants)
	Nagoya (2 130 983 inhabitants)
	Sapporo (1 856 442 inhabitants)
	Kobe (1 493 841 inhabitants)
	Kyoto (1 392 072 inhabitants)
	Fukuoka (1 336 666 inhabitants)
Currency	yen
Official language	Japanese

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? Asia
? the capital of Japan:  Tokyo

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